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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving in England Celebrating a North American holiday in Britain.

  

  to be honest, instead of thinking, "Wow I've been in England for 2.5 months already!" I've been more along the lines of "I can't believe it ... office held a Thanksgiving Dinner for us! All of the MIT students were

  • by Cambridge
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dear July A video experiment just for the heck of it

  

  in my 30 day trial period to tinker around and make a couple videos for ... known because I'm always looking for excuses to better my novice filmmaking skillz). I should probably also put in a shameless plug to join the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 30, 2014
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT consider extracurriculars?

  We read applications from students interested in everything from ... realize that students in the U.S. have a huge array of extracurriculars to choose from and write about in their MIT application and that students in
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Want To Play Music @ MIT? (informally, that is.)

  

  playing with (and for) other people. This dream took many forms when I got ... in auditoriums, as part of a band in various bars & clubs. I sang in an a cappella group for most of college as well as college choir

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  1 Month, 0 Classes IAP tomorrow and an opportunity to mystery hunt!

  

  looking for a team can sign up as unattached hunters. New hunters always ... ...well only if I choose to. Tomorrow marks the beginning of IAP ... . During January, a lot of people do externships, some go to Zambia, some

  • by Bryan
  • January 7, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  New bloggers? New bloggers! [cue fanfare]

  

  ! Please give a warm welcome to: Aiden H. ‘28 from Loveland, Colorado ... variants ⏰ Fiona L. ‘27 from San Mateo, California, who wrote a poem every ... computer vision) 🐟 Richard O. ‘28 from Fredericksburg, Virginia, a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 7, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Weather Machine We wish you were still here!

  

  , its timing was off by a week, but fortunately (for me, not for you ... course of writing this entry (and all I wrote about was something about a weather machine. I might have still been asleep for that)(once I fell asleep

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Results of My Summer cookies, web usability, and painting

  

  get to make them! But what do I actually do? I've been learning a lot ... time it looks like this: Luckily I've been in a super supportive environment, so even though the work is definitely a process, I'm enjoying

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Events

  “It’s just so effortless!” Apples and ziti and pies, oh my!

  

  for me while we sampled some AppleBake treats: I'm ashamed to say that ... probably slept instead. I'm not much of a baker, anyway. There was plenty of ... freshman dinner... We had to cook for about 30 people, so we started with a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cue the montage music

  

  Ten years ago when I was a high school senior, a long-haired friendly ... research, and enjoying this view from my lab on a daily basis: Campus ... me assure you that I graduated with a MechE/BME degree in 2008. I have

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes you just gotta relax (putting this out there as a message for ourselves as much as for anyone else)

  

  stayed in office hours for 15 hours), a 6.042 pset (wouldn’t have been able ... grandparents were visiting from New York. They knew we had a bad week so they ... the green building to make a test for Borderline while Danny did

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 22, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogger Decisions Released Many thanks to all of this year's incredible applicants!

  

  So we were a little more efficient this year in making decisions (i.e. none of this October business from last year!). I've spent a ton of time ... . (A bunch of '11s have written to me advocating for Snively so I should

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tale of the Midnight Tool! Simulcast in 1337 for our viewers at home!

  

  my work area looked like: From for blog I finished at about 7 ... like I thought it would (for the rest of you, look outside, yup it ... high school, (though not getting credit for it like I should've...) I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  our standing policy for any applicants around the world whose timely and ... @mit.edu. We’ll be here to talk to you and figure out a way to make sure we get ... a financial hardship, we’ll waive it. There is no benefit or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  snowfall as the snowflakes fall, they remind me of home

  

  matter in the entire month…until Friday," to which I say, "weak sauce"']a ... are almost always tied to the[annotation note="MIT has a reputation for ... freshman fall, when I kept waiting and waiting for the snow to come. October

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hack Punt Tool: The Musical Now, the music can be yours.

  

  they wanted to write a musical, so they did. It was named for three words ... simply to not do an assignment, or not study for a test. One might do that ... away at problem sets or studying. For a much better (and more musical

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  See her picture(s) in a thousand places In which I understand what Bruce Campbell feels like

  

  . Guy: 'cause you're on Mitra's Blog. Sam: Heh. You know I have a blog now ... something and let me know. I can introduce you to Mitra. ... site. Guy: Is it as good as Mitra's Blog? Sam: No. And then I realized

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are We Waiting For answer: FPOPs to begin!

  

  Freshman orientation for the Class of 2018 officially begins in two ... interactive art. Kayak. Play robotic soccer. Visit a nuclear reactor. Swing your way through a ropes course. Learn to paint. Roll your own sushi. Wear

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Christmas with the McGanns

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. Two nights ... from my house (according to Yahoo! Maps) is the famous Big Duck, which always gets all gussied up for the holidays. It's great to be able to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2004
• Blog / Classes

  A Monday in the Life So many to-do’s, so little time.

  

  writing about my life, I'll do a little show-and-tell.   Half of ... option and emoji support?? I don't think so.   Here’s a snapshot of ... Hello, world. It’s been awhile. Mostly because I’ve been swamped. It

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 13, 2018